2020-21
New faculty appointments

Administration

Trevis Certo
Senior Associate Dean of Faculty
Professor
Affiliations: Jerry and Mary Anne
Chapman Professor of Business; Management & Entrepreneurship
Research interests: corporate governance structures, firm performance, initial public offerings (IPO)
Senior Associate Dean of Faculty
Professor
Affiliations: Jerry and Mary Anne
Chapman Professor of Business; Management & Entrepreneurship
Research interests: corporate governance structures, firm performance, initial public offerings (IPO)

Laura Lindsey
Chair
Associate Professor
Affiliations: Department of Finance; Innovation & Venture Development
Research interests: entrepreneurial finance, venture capital and private equity, financial contracting, governance, boundaries of the firm
Chair
Associate Professor
Affiliations: Department of Finance; Innovation & Venture Development
Research interests: entrepreneurial finance, venture capital and private equity, financial contracting, governance, boundaries of the firm

Troy Schmitz
Director
Professor
Affiliations: Morrison School of Agribusiness; Senior Sustainability Scholar, Julie Ann Wrigley Global Institute of Sustainability; Affiliated Faculty, Center for Environmental Economics and Sustainability Policy
Research interests: global agricultural trade, food and agricultural policy analysis, food security, data analytics, the nexus of food, energy, and water (FEWS), forensic economics, regulation of biotechnology, benefit-cost analysis, and economic analysis of agricultural commodities
Director
Professor
Affiliations: Morrison School of Agribusiness; Senior Sustainability Scholar, Julie Ann Wrigley Global Institute of Sustainability; Affiliated Faculty, Center for Environmental Economics and Sustainability Policy
Research interests: global agricultural trade, food and agricultural policy analysis, food security, data analytics, the nexus of food, energy, and water (FEWS), forensic economics, regulation of biotechnology, benefit-cost analysis, and economic analysis of agricultural commodities

Wei Shen
Chair
Professor
Affiliations: Management & Entrepreneurship
Research interests: strategic leadership, corporate governance, organizational search, research methodology
Chair
Professor
Affiliations: Management & Entrepreneurship
Research interests: strategic leadership, corporate governance, organizational search, research methodology
MORRISON SCHOOL OF AGRIBUSINESS

Alexis H. Villacis
Assistant Professor
PhD: Virginia Tech (agricultural and applied economics)
Research interests: agricultural production economics, international agricultural development
Assistant Professor
PhD: Virginia Tech (agricultural and applied economics)
Research interests: agricultural production economics, international agricultural development
DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMICS

Wyatt Brooks
Associate Professor
Previous position: Assistant Professor, Joe and Deborah Loughrey Collegiate Chair in Economics and Human Development, Department of Economics, University of Notre Dame
PhD: University of Minnesota (economics)
Research interests: development, international trade, macroeconomics
Associate Professor
Previous position: Assistant Professor, Joe and Deborah Loughrey Collegiate Chair in Economics and Human Development, Department of Economics, University of Notre Dame
PhD: University of Minnesota (economics)
Research interests: development, international trade, macroeconomics

Eric Gonzalez Sanchez
Clinical Assistant Professor
PhD: Arizona State University (economics)
Research interests: bargaining and game theory, political economy, mechanism design
Clinical Assistant Professor
PhD: Arizona State University (economics)
Research interests: bargaining and game theory, political economy, mechanism design

Susan Xu Tang
Clinical Assistant Professor
Previous position: Instructor, Department of Economics, Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania
PhD: Georgia State University (economics)
Research interests: public economics, behavioral economics, environmental economics
Clinical Assistant Professor
Previous position: Instructor, Department of Economics, Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania
PhD: Georgia State University (economics)
Research interests: public economics, behavioral economics, environmental economics

Nicholas Vreugdenhil
Assistant Professor
PhD: Northwestern University (economics)
Research interests: industrial organization, energy/environmental economics
Assistant Professor
PhD: Northwestern University (economics)
Research interests: industrial organization, energy/environmental economics
DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE

Paul H. Décaire
Assistant Professor
PhD: University of Pennsylvania (finance)
Research interests: empirical corporate finance, corporate investment, capital budgeting and learning
Assistant Professor
PhD: University of Pennsylvania (finance)
Research interests: empirical corporate finance, corporate investment, capital budgeting and learning
DEPARTMENT OF MARKETING

Hyeongmin (Christian) Kim
Associate Professor
Previous position: Associate Professor, Johns Hopkins Carey School of Business
PhD: University of Michigan (marketing)
Research interests: economic mobility, well-being, materialism, self-control, sales promotion
Associate Professor
Previous position: Associate Professor, Johns Hopkins Carey School of Business
PhD: University of Michigan (marketing)
Research interests: economic mobility, well-being, materialism, self-control, sales promotion
DEPARTMENT OF SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT

Heng zhang
Associate Professor
PhD: University of Southern California (data science and operations)
Research interests: operations management, revenue management, data-driven optimization, field-experiments
Associate Professor
PhD: University of Southern California (data science and operations)
Research interests: operations management, revenue management, data-driven optimization, field-experiments